Tag: War on Drugs
Welcome to the second edition of my libertarian leftist weekly review! There are many exciting new pieces to share. I will be sending 30 a week. Let’s get started. A hot topic of late has been the potential war with Syria. Here are some articles addressing it from an anti-war/anti-imperialist perspective: 1. Rob Urie talks…
Every once in a while a government functionary slips up and inadvertently lets out the truth about how things work, in tones so frank it leaves us shaking our heads and wondering if we really heard correctly. That’s what happened when Blake Ewing, an Austin area assistant DA, expressed his true feelings (“Breaking Bad Normalizes…
The following article is translated into Portuguese from the English original, written by Kevin Carson. Com os níveis de uso de drogas nos Estados Unidos essencialmente os mesmos que — e os níveis de violência relacionada com drogas iguais ou mais baixos (*) que — os daqueles em países, como a Holanda, com leis liberais relativas a…
C4SS Senior Fellow Kevin Carson, Karl Hess Chair of Social Theory, was interviewed March 14th on the Truthdig radio program, Pacifica Radio, on his recent column “15 Benefits of the War on Drugs.”
Carson: La guerra contra las drogas es un fracaso sólo si el estado existe para servirte.
No Tao Te Ching, o sábio chinês Lao Tzu escreve: “Quanto mais leis são promulgadas, mais assaltantes e ladrões há.”
Carson: The Drug War is a failure only if the state exists to serve you.
Hummels: Today’s political class views federalism as archaic.
A Los Zetas en realidad no les interesa dirigir tu vida diaria. Si no te metes con ellos, probablemente no se meterán contigo. Trata de pedirles a “tu” municipalidad, “tu” legislatura nacional o a “tu” amigable burócrata de seguridad en “tu” aeropuerto que te dejen en paz, a ver qué tal te va.
Los Zetas really isn’t very interested in running your life on a day-to-day basis. If you leave them alone, they’ll probably leave you alone. Try getting “your” local city council, “your” national legislature, or “your” friendly Transportation Security Administration affiliated sexual assailant to butt out of your business and see how far you get.
A Guerra Contra as Drogas, em uma palavra, é onde está o dinheiro todo.
Knapp: You can have politics or you can have peace, but you can’t have both.
Kevin Carson analyzes Hillary Clinton’s remark that drugs can’t be legalized because there is “just too much money in it”.
The best way to protect the rights of a minority from other groups is the elimination of the State.
